Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2023
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Original Articles: General Thoracic
Invited commentary
David R. Jones, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Lee St, 4th Floor, Suite 4823, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0679
(Email: djones@virginia.edu).
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Using a well-known lung ischemia-reperfusion animal model Shimamoto and colleagues [1] provided strong evidence that lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is regulated through activation of the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). It is not surprising that this receptor is an important regulator of lung IRI, as it has already been demonstrated by this group, and others, to be involved in hepatic and cardiac IRI model systems. The observation that TLR4 deficient mice . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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